Win Your Way @ShopYourWay

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Have you heard of  @ShopYourWay? It's a fabulous way of earning reward points from Sears, L.L.Bean, KMart, etc. just for doing what we all do what we love to do..... SHOP!!!


Well, now there is an even easier way to earn points from Shop Your Way, it's called Win Your Way! It is so much fun and so easy, you don't even have to spend any money, all you have to do is electronically "window shop" and "like" items.  Then you are entered into sweepstakes to win reward points, jewelry, and even trips.  Can you hear me packing already????


I have already entered one for dog apparel... Does that surprise you? It was so simple, I just had to find 5 items that I liked in their pet department - how much easier could that be. Not to mention when you look at my profile page, you can see them too and find out the great items available to you.

I Got My Chance to Win!

Lorie Shewbridge officially entered the 'Four-Legged Fashion'! Get your chance to win big with new prizes daily on Win Your Way!
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There is also a sweepstakes for a beautiful lab-created ruby necklace that I want. Know how easy that one is to enter? I have too pick out 4 items that I like and ask my friends to help me chose which one is the best. I think my friends have the hardest part in this sweepstakes.  =)

 

I Got My Chance to Win!

Lorie Shewbridge officially entered the 'Jewel Me Up'! Get your chance to win big with new prizes daily on Win Your Way!
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You really need to head on over and sign up for Shop Your Way... it is simple and it is FREE!! Then you can go to the Win Your Way page and enter as many of the sweepstakes you're eligible for, that part is super easy, too, they list them for you and tell you how long you have left to enter them. (No purchase necessary. See http://bit.ly/RdfB8K for details.)

• This is a sponsored post with http://brandfluential.com, I am a Win Your Way blogger, though all opinions are my own. 
  

Does Your Kitchen Need a Little Lovin? Mine Does...

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As I bake my Christmas cookies this year, I am continually reminded how much I hate my refrigerator. There just isn't enough room in either the refrigerator part or the freezer part - hence the reason I haven't started baking sooner.

I don't know how many of you are in a similar situation, or have other appliances that you just cannot stand... I recently was able to replace my washer/dryer - thank heavens. Appliances are a necessary evil in our homes... we have to have them, they get a major work-out, especially those in our kitchens, and they can be expensive!

 

Well, have I got news for you that you are going to LOVE!!!

 

The fabulous people over at Sears are offering up to 30% off our favorite appliance brands. Plus, you’ll get an extra 5% off when you use your Sears Card.

 

 

 

Now what are you waiting for, go give your Kitchen some much-needed love. This offer is available online and in Stores through January 5, 2012 (can you believe that year).

 

Head over to their website to look at all the fantastic products: http://bit.ly/ZPtqlN

 

Here's the fridge I picked out and now have to save money for, since I have until Jan. 5th:

 

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Hope you can find something terrific for your kitchen, I know one of my girlfriend's needs a blender, so I'm headed back to look for one for her.

Wishing you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year...... happy shopping!

This is a sponsored post with http://brandfluential.com, I am a Sears blogger, though all opinions are my own.

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I Was NEVER Going to Get Married Again - RIGHT!

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While doing my post for Monday's Music with all those love songs, including Bill and my wedding song, it got me thinking about our love story.....


Now as most of you know, or can see, Bill is a bit older than I am. HaHa. He is actually 24 years older than me, so there was no thought of ever falling in love with him or marrying him when we first got to know each other.


We worked together and were both going through rough divorces at the same time. Besides my children, Bill was the one bright spot in my life at the time, he was able to make me laugh. One night at a going away party for a work friend, we sat next to each other and laughed so much - more than I had in months. (Which, BTW, he can still make me do after all these years.) Bill thought that maybe I would be interested in meeting his son who was about the same age as me.... that just never happened.


The more we got to know each other and the more we learned about each other, we found we had a lot in common... except our age. That kept coming up in my mind, but Bill was so much fun and young at heart that it really didn't seem to matter.


But.... I was NOT going to fall in love and NEVER going to get married again.... Bill would ask me and I would say NO... he'd say, not even to me? And I would say NO!  Well, he wore me down a little and when he would say, not even to me? And I would say, MAYBE.  One day as I was ironing his shirt for work at 5:00 in the morning - in my night shirt, all bedhead and everything - he came running down the stairs (in his underwear) and said, "You HAVE to marry me!" I turned to him, looking horrible and all, and said, "OK."  Three months later we were Mr. and Mrs.

And they lived happily ever after..... R-I-G-H-T? Let's get real, girls!


Now the living begins... it became time to really realize that, yes, Bill is 24 years older than I am, we need to plan for our future. Time to realize that someday something might happen to one of us and we may need long-term care. We made sure we had life insurance, living wills, powers of attorney, and I made sure that my children were taken care of if anything happened to me.


But when it came to long-term care insurance, I was lost, I only thought about Bill getting insurance. Turns out, I should have gotten some, too. When I ended up disabled in 2003, we ended up in quite a difficult financial state as it took almost a year to get Medicare coverage.


I wish I had known about Genworth Financial back then, they have all the information you need on long-term insurance, life insurance, retirement, home ownership, and wealth management.




So, even though I was NEVER going to fall in love and get married again... here I am, married to the most wonderful man in the world and more in love with him every day than I was that day I finally said, "OK."

Life can be difficult at times, but as long as you plan for the future, stick together, and laugh with each other every day.... you CAN live happily ever after - just like a Princess.

{This sponsored post was inspired by Genworth Financial. Opinions expressed are my own, and the story is 100% true and accurate from my life. For more information about different long-term insurance plans visit the Genworth Financial website.}

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